Tin Can Organizers
Laissez-Faire shares some simple but effective methods for using tin cans to organize your craft and cooking supplies, which she found at HGTV. I love how such an easy solution can still look modern and cool. [via] Link.
Month: February 2008
HOW TO – Build an ambient air fridge
It seems so obvious. If you live in an area with a decent winter, you can create a fridge on the outside wall of your kitchen that opens to the elements to create an “ambient air fridge” (AAF). If you’re wondering what you do on an unseasonably warm day, the builder keeps a few jugs […]
Binary POV wristwatch
Another cool project from Cre.ations.net, Nate writes – A remake of the binary / LED Tokyo Flash wristwatches, that also includes a super-bright flashlight and a wrist-swinging full POV time display. – and he’s even got kits available for the project. Just keep those exposed pins away from rain!Link Related: Color orb audio-synchronized lamp and […]
Duncan Yo-Yos, gyroscopes and tetratops
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Duncan Yo-Yos had a small but fun area, a full time Yo-Yoer on staff and their latest line up. I tend to like tops & gyroscopes, but they also had a new product line called “Tetratops” – these are multi-axis spinners and can be stacked (this was developed by the […]
Lisa Black’s Steampunk Taxidermy
Phil @ MAKE writes: Lisa Black’s steampunk taxidermy manages to meld two memes I didn’t expect to intersect until at least next Thursday, oh – *warning* if taxerdermified deers and ducks with gears on them offends please don’t proceed with the clickity click coming… I love this fawn with a sewing machine bobbin mechanism for […]
Dice, dice and more dice from Koplow
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I think I saw the most dice in one place possible, Koplow has over 1,200 types of standard and polyhedral dice. They have an educational line with math, fraction, decimal, +/-, blank numbered and more. Novelty dice, mini dice, wood dice, dice bones, dice made from wood. Alphabet dice, cat […]
Jumping cylinders game
From the MAKE Flickr pool Interesting idea – Playing games using Morel, the yellow object in the picture. Morel is an outdoor toy which communicates with each other wirelessly, with each having the ability to make other Morels kick the ground and jump by squeezing on them. Here, the guy in the middle is trying […]